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[haptalaon]

tongue lodged firmly in cheek

sometimes you read a blog complaining about this or that issue in paganism, but there's so much complaining & its like...so why are you here, what do you like about it, that's like. the whole thing. you're calling out everything.

what is it that you do. what is left when you take those things out XD

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[earthspirits]

Perfectly sums it up!

[haptalaon]

It especially bugs me when it's like, contempt for the other people there. Because the things they're describing are often a little irritating or, I can see why it wouldn't be to everyone's taste, but it's such a fine line to not spills over into contempt for the people who DO do the thing (being very polyamorous...being into swingers-club-witchcraft...being into love and light goddess stuff...being into dress-up-and-Tolkien-LARP ritual...being super eclectic...)

Critiques like this make a mockery of the concept of communities, if that makes sense. Communities are just 'the people that exist in a time and place', not an abstraction, or something you can pre-define from behind a computer desk; so if somebody's problem is they want a community (that they've imagined in their head) but the communities that exist irl are just groups of people, and all you can do is be open to the ways that others are, not how you would like them to be.

(this doesn't count for like, 'is this person dangerous' obvs, but most of the grumbling is a lot of fancy words to say 'these people are cringe' & it's like. We are a social community that does magic and worships myth. *Cheshire Cat Voice* 'we're all cringe here!' and you included XD It's actually MORE cringe not to throw your whole heart into it)